Yannis Thavoris graduated with a diploma in Architecture from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1995. He then studied European Scenography at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, obtaining a Master of Arts in 1997. He was the overall winner of the 1997 Linbury Prize for Stage Design.
Awards and Nominations
List Of Productions
2024
SUOR ANGELICA | Director: Annilese Miskimmon | English Nationa Opera
MARX IN LONDON! | Director: Stephen Barlow | Scottish Opera
2023
MANSFIELD PARK | Director: Stephen Barlow | Royal Northern College of Music
ARIODANTE | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Royal Academy of Music
2022
VIVA LA DIVA | Director: Stephen Medcalf | Buxton International Festival
HANSEL AND GRETEL | Director: Stephen Barlow | Royal College of Music
DIE FLEDERMAUS | Director: Stephen Barlow | Royal Northern College of Music
2021
L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE & GIANNI SCHICCHI | Director: Stephen Barlow | Royal Academy of Music
2020
MANSFIELD PARK | Director: Stephen Barlow | Royal Northern College of Music
VIVA LA DIVA | Director: Stephen Medcalf | Salzburg State Theatre, Austria
2019
ROBERTO DEVEREUX | Sets Only | Director: Harry Fehr | Baden State Theatre, Germany
HANSEL UND GRETEL | Director: Stephen Medcalf | Grange Park Opera
ORLANDO | Director: Harry Fehr | San Francisco Opera, US
OTELLO | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Magdeburg Opera, Germany
ROMEO ET JULIETTE | Director: Stephen Barlow | Estonian National Opera
2018
ORESTES | Director: Yannis Anastasakis | National Theatre of Northern Greece
TOSCA | Director: Harry Fehr | Nederlandse Reisopera, The Netherlands
HANSEL UND GRETEL | Director: Stephen Medcalf | Royal Northern College of Music
2017
CENDRILLON | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Royal Northern College of Music
KAT'A KABANOVA | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Opera Holland Park
L'ELISIR D'AMORE | Director: Harry Fehr | Den Jyske Opera, Denmak
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM | Director: Victoria Newlyn | Sibelius Academy, University of Arts, Helsinki, Finland
WUTHERING HEIGHTS | Director: Yannis Kalavrianos | National Theatre of Northern Greece
2016
LA FINTA GIARDINIERA | Director: Henry Fehr | Royal College of Music
ALCINA | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Royal Academy of Music
I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI | Director: Harry Fehr | Buxton Festival
ARIODANTE | Director: Harry Fehr | Scottish Opera
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER | Director: Pamela Recinella | Estonian National Opera
2015
ORLANDO | Director: Harry Fehr | Welsh National Opera
MERLIN | Director: Liam Steel | Nuffield Theatre
LE DONNE CURIOSE | Director: Stephen Barlow | Guildhall School of Music and Drama
THE DANCING MASTER/I PAZZI PER PROGETTO | Director: Martin Lloyd Evans | Guildhall School of Music and Drama
2014
MERLIN | Director: Liam Steel | Royal & Derngate
RIGOLETTO | Director: Stephen Barlow | National Opera Bucharest, Romania
MADAMA BUTTERFLY | Director: David McVicar | Scottish Opera
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST | Director: Stephen Barlow | Opera Holland Park
2013
L’ENFANT PRODIGUE/FRANCESCA DI FOIX | Director: Stephen Barlow | Guildhall School of Music
LA FINTA GIARDINIERA | Director: Harry Fehr | Buxton Festival
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA/PAGLIACCI | Director: Stephen Barlow | Opera Holland Park
LA DONNA DEL LAGO | Costumes only | Director: John Fulljames | Royal Opera House
2012
LA NAVARRAISE/LE PORTRAIT DE MANON/COMEDY ON A BRIDGE | Director: Stephen Barlow | Guildhall School of Music
THE LADY FROM THE SEA | Director: Harry Fehr | Scottish Opera
TOSCA | Director: Stephen Barlow | Sante Fe Opera
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE | Director: Stephen Barlow | Royal Academy of Music
2011
MADAM BUTTERFLY | Director: Stephen Barlow | Mid Wales Opera
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
SAUL | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Buxton Festival
RITA/IOLANTA | Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans | Guildhall School of Music
ORLANDO | Director: Harry Fehr | Scottish Opera
2010
LA BOHÈME | Director: Stephen Barlow | British Youth Opera
DON GIOVANNI | Director: Stephen Barlow | Opera Holland Park
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Opera Holland Park
TWO WOMEN | Director: Ryan Romain | Theatre Royal Stratford East
2009
THE GREAT EXTENSION | Director: Kerry Michael | Theatre Royal Stratford East
PETRUSHKA | Choreographer: Ian Spink | Scottish Ballet at the Edinburgh Festival
KATYA KABANOVA | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Opera Holland Park
NATIONAL OPERA STUDIO SHOWCASE | Director: Jo Davies | Hackney Empire
THE KING GOES FORTH TO FRANCE | Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans | Guildhall School of Music
TOSCA | Director: Stephen Barlow | Opera Holland Park at Richmond Theatre
COSÌ FAN TUTTE | Sets only | Director: David McVicar | Scottish Opera (transfer from Strasbourg, France)
2008
GIGI | Director: Timothy Sheader | Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
TOSCA | Director: Stephen Barlow | Opera Holland Park
AIDA | Sets only | Director: John Caird | Welsh National Opera
2007
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN | Sets only | Director: Laurence Dale | Nationale Reisopera, The Netherlands
JENUFA | Director: Olivia Fuchs | Opera Holland Park
NABUCCO | Director: John Fulljames | Opera Holland Park
2006
COSÌ FAN TUTTE | Sets only | Director: David McVicar | Opera de Oviedo, Spain (transfer from Strasbourg, France)
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO | Sets only | Director: Olivia Fuchs | English National Opera
A NIGHT AT THE CHINESE OPERA | Director: Jo Davies | Royal Academy of Music
2005
COSÌ FAN TUTTE | Sets only | Director: David McVicar | Strasbourg Opéra National du Rhin, France
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN | Director: Timothy Sheader | UK Tour
OPERA SERIA | Sets only | Director: Laurence Dale | Nationale Reisopera, The Netherlands
LA CLEMENZA DI TITO | Director: David McVicar | English National Opera (transfer from Copenhagen, Denmark)
2004
THE BATTLE OF GREEN LANES | Director: Kerry Michael | Theatre Royal Stratford East
LA CLEMENZA DI TITO | Director: David McVicar | Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen
2003
NATIONAL OPERA STUDIO SHOWCASE | Director: Danny Slater | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
CANDIDE | Director: Graham Vick | Birmingham Opera Company
OPRICHNIK | Director: Graham Vick | Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Italy
2001
THE RAKE’S PROGRESS | Director: Annabel Arden | English National Opera
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA | Winner of South Bank Show Award and nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production | Director: David McVicar | Aldeburgh Festival/ English National Opera/ BBC
2000
MADAMA BUTTERFLY | Director: David McVicar | Scottish Opera
1999
CARMEN | Director: Robert Chevara | English Touring Opera
1998
THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT | Director: Ian Spink | English Touring Opera
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA | Director: Michael Bogdanov | English Shakespeare Company
FRANZISKA | Director: Georgina Van Welie | The Gate Theatre, London